Bill Ward Audio Diary

On the October 27, 2007 edition of Bill's Rock 50 radio show, a tribute was done to the late DJ Tawn Mastry. Tawn was an old friend of Bill's, and was influential in getting Bill's first solo album a lot of radio airplay in 1990.

In the June 2006 edition of his diary, Bill talks at length about a few topics: * Updates on his radio show on what's coming, including some music from LunarMile; the band fronted by Toni-Marie Iommi * Update on his column for Hails and Horns magazine * Updates on Beyond Aston, uncluding some track specifics. One is named "Where You Are Is Not Forever". Bill does play drums on one song, that being "Poppies". * Working on creating Beyond Aston from a technical and drumming aspect as well as going into some heavy detail on drumming issues. * Bill's attempts at staying fit * Talks about a summer garage sale he's planning on selling some memorabilia off, and some special items that will be going on ebay. (Details on this will be posted in the next day or so). * Talks briefly about Straws (which will is also on sale under the garage sale).

In the March 2006 edition of his diary, Bill talks at length about a few topics: * Wilson Pickett, who has recently died. He also talks about how it's not always easy for some older musicians still trying to make a living at their craft. * Talks a lot about Black Sabbath's induction into the Hall of Fame; lots of issues relating to the HOF ceremonies and other bands who went in with Sabbath. Bill also talks about his appreciation for Geezer, Tony, and Oz. Loved Metallica, both in their speeches and in their playing of Sabbath songs. * A small update on Beyond Aston. * Bill talks about a couple of deaths in his family recently. One was his wife's grandmother, and the other, unfortunately was the baby that Bill and his wife were expecting.

In the Feb 18, 2006 edition of his diary, Bill talks about various topics, including: * Some friends of his who have died recently. * The upcoming US Hall of Fame induction for Black Sabbath. According to Bill, Black Sabbath will not be playing at the ceremony. Furthermore, Bill has no information on anything else happening with Black Sabbath in 2006, either. * Bill's gonna be a daddy again (having a son), his fourth child. * Some Beyond Aston updates - he's been making a real effort since January to get it completed. Also, you can still download (legally, for free) the song "The Dark Half Hour" from that album. Check out the Sounds page to obtain it. * As if Beyond Aston wasn't enough, there's some details about other music he's written that isn't on Beyond Aston that he will use for his next few albums. Bill also goes into some detail comparing the music from Beyond Aston to When the Bough Breaks. * Sends props to Slipknot and System of the Down for their Grammy Awards * Lots of talk about his Rock 50 radio show including some details as to what some of the tracks he'll be playing on upcoming shows are.

Diary #11 - Dec 12, 2005